Likening the assault on Indian plurality and syncretism to the actions of the Taliban and drawing parallels with the suppression of difference, dissent and free thought in Pakistan and Bangladesh, the resolution on “Culture and a scientific outlook” noted wi ....

The expansion is in response to growing importance of India in global automotive business. The group sees India as a strong base for its global strategy. The Japanese industrial giant has commissioned a new plant, its second factory in India, under a subsidiary Hitac ....

Dr. Rajan seemed to suggest the proposed Public Debt Management Authority (PDMA) could be an issue on which they differed. The PDMA is supposed to take over from the RBI the task of managing the Centre’s borrowings. Concerns about a central bank also being the p ....

After an unexplained sabbatical lasting nearly two months, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi returned to Delhi on Thursday morning. He has returned at a time when the Congress is preparing for mega rally against the Narendra Modi government's Land Acquisition Ordi ....

Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested separatist leader Masarat Alam in Srinagar on Friday. Late on Thursday Mr. Alam and fellow Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani were put under house arrest to prevent them from leading a rally on Friday to Tral, where a 24-year-old civi ....

The World Bank has predicted a GDP growth rate of 8 per cent for India by 2017 and said that a strong expansion in the country, coupled with favourable oil prices, would accelerate the economic growth in South Asia. In India, GDP growth is expected to accelerate to 7.5 p ....

There is a growing concern in official circles about untimely rain and hail in the northern parts of the country hitting wheat procurement for the Public Distribution System by an estimated three million tonnes this year. This may not augur well for a country that is commit ....

After nephew Abhishek, another close relative of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has jumped into the political arena. And at least two others look set to follow. “Just as Kashmir’s apples will not grow in Bengal, so too will the BJP lotus never blo ....

Invited to the inaugural session of the 21st Party Congress of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the smaller Left parties were given prominence by the host leadership. The leaders of all the six Left parties present, including the CPI(M), were one on the need for ....

The BJP used the day to soft-launch its campaign for the Bihar Assembly polls scheduled later this year, with a ‘Viraat Karyakarta Samagam’ in Patna, addressed by party president Amit Shah and Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The Congress launched the year-lo ....